People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mel Makeever and trainer, of Denver, Colo., arrived in Rensj selaer Tuesday eveuing. It is j understood that he will train here for a big race in Chicago. Have you seen that beautiful , line of children’s suits, hand- ! some jerseys, pretty three piece suits, nobby double breasted. Call in and inspect them. R. Fendig. The ladies of theM. E. church will give a box social and art exhibition at the court house, on Tuesday evening, July 11, 1893. Everybody invited to be present. The Daughters of Rebecca elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Tirzah P. Vanatta, N. G.; Sadie Parcels, V. G.; Ida Benjamin, secretary; Mary McColly, treasurer. Attorney General Smith says a county surveyor’s resignation can be accepted by no one but the governor. One Indiana surveyor wanted to resign but could find no one who would accept his resignation. Call in at Warner, & Shead’s and buy your groceries. All their goods are new and clean and show off to advantage in their well lighted room. Goods delivered free to any residence in town. There will be a grand platform dance on the farm of Peter Chide, in Jordan township, July Fourth, day and evening. Good music and refreshments of all kinds on the ground. Everybody come. Some will say B. F. Ferguson can’t make you a loan, but call and see him. He has unlimited resources and capital from which to make loans. 6 per cent interest at the end of the year.

The lots in the Columbia addition are situated more conveniently than any other lots in town, are high and well drained and surrounded by shade trees. Prices are lower than other lots and payments easy. A genuine Indian tomahawk was plowed up last week on James Donnelly’s farm, just north of town, in as perfect a state as it was when “the rank thistle nodded in the wind and the wild fox dug his hole unscared. ” Postmaster-General Bissell has expressed the belief that it would be a great advantage if some plan could be designed that would result in practically placing the power of selecting fourth-class postmasters in the hands of the people of the various localities.

For the Fourth of July the Monon will sell excursion tickets between all stations at ohe fare for the round trip. Tickets will be on sale July 3rd and 4th and limited to return July sth. On the Fourth of July all trains, including the through trains, will stop at all stations. T. M. Jones, of Chicago, was shaking hands and renewing old acquaintances on our streets Saturday. Mr. Jones lived for many years in the northern part of the county. Time seems to be using him well, for he looks no older or “none the worse for wear” these last ten years. The cowboy race from Chaldron, Neb., to Chicago, ended Tuesday morning at the gate of Buffalo Bill’s show, John Berry being the winner. The other riders arrived shortly after. The time it took Berry to make the 1,040 miles was 13 days, 15 hours and 35 minutes, an average of 77 miles daily. A. K. Sills has four tame deer in his park in the north end of town. During the week there was an addition to his flock in the shape of a fawn, which is about the size of a rabbit. Anyone who has not seen a baby deer will be well repaid for the time taken to walk up and see it.—Monticello Democrat. The report of the county superintendent to the superintendent of public instruction shows that the total number of school licenses issued during the year ending May, 1893, to be 91. Of this number 33 were issued to males and 58 to females. The total number of teachers now holding license in the county is 119.